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New year resolutions: 4 principles for greater self-transformation, A Bhagavad-Gita perspective

Hindi – New year resolutions 4 principles for greater self transformation

How can we distribute our time between hearing and chanting?

How can we increase our determination for waking up in the morning?

When an eye for an eye will make everyone blind, why does the Gita teach that?

How do we give up bad habits?

How can an introvert practice bhakti when it is so social and public?

What does simply living really mean?

Can you explain Brahman and Paramatma realizations in detail?

Is ISKCON’s institutionalized structure an import from Christianity?

When everything is destined how can we have free will?

How can we know that the Deity accepts the bhoga when it remains as it is?

Why do some bad habits stay on despite our devotional practice – how to deal with them?

Why does India have such a lofty philosophy and a filthy living conditions?

Remembering Srinathji Prabhu – an intellectual, non-patronizing patron of intellectuals

Criticized? Clarify, counter – or ignore? (Subhashita commentary)

The Meaning of Vyasa Puja – “He came, he gave, he conquered”

Does the Bhagavad-gita teach that everything that happens is good?

Avatar – Digital, Christian, monistic and bhakti conceptions

“Make me dance” – Meditation on Srila Prabhupada’s prayer on beholding the American coastline

The dual dimensions of artha (Guest Column in Financial Chronicle)

Seek artha in both its senses – wealth and meaning

God is not a means to an end – he is himself the highest end 

Was Ravana revenging the dishonor of Shurapanakha by kidnapping Sita?

Sugriva: Comfort – Material and Transcendental

Did Draupadi love Karna?

Narada Muni – Not kalah-priya, but krishna-priya

See criticism with a critical eye

How does spiritual sound stimulate and facilitate meditation?

Positive Thinking 35 – Let the IDEA lead to ENERGY

Positive Thinking 34 – No time?

Positive Thinking 33 – Tap the power of meditation

Can we use freewriting in bhakti-yoga?

How can I go about writing in Krishna’s service?

Positive Thinking 32 – PIES – 4 dimensions for all-round well-being

Positive Thinking 31 – Complement diagnosis with prescription

Positive Thinking 30 – Faith reveals the integrated beyond the fragmented

Positive Thinking 29 – See the invisible, feel the intangible, achieve the impossible

What are the various levels of bhakti Sri Vishvanatha analyzes in the Gita?

Unity – Within and Without (Ramayana Reflection 7)

Using jnana in bhakti

When we are speaking at some other organization’s forum, should we adjust or speak the truth?

While sympathizing with outsiders, how to ensure that insiders dont become like outsiders?

What were the most striking experiences of your US preaching tour?

Positive Thinking 28 – Let gratitude energize you

Positive Thinking 27 – Avoid mental viruses

Why did Ambedkar misundersand and reject the Vedic path?

How does the jiva fall to the material world?

Is the Warkari sampradaya personalist or impersonalist?

Positive Thinking 26 – Don’t let the world’s opinions determine your decisions

Positive Thinking 25 – See life as a marathon, not a sprint

Sharing bhakti with a westernized audience

Positive Thinking 24 – Don’t let a wrong definition of success defeat you

Positiive Thinking 23 – Cure the cancer of comparison

Gita chp 13-18 overview – How jnana culminates in bhakti

Positive Thinking 22 – Cherish your uniqueness – avoid comparing with others

Positive Thinking 21 – Go DEEP – Desire Envision Endeavor Pray

If a senior devotee states something factually wrong in a Bhagavatam class what should a junior devotee do?

Positive Thinking 20 – Smart expectations 1- Hotel or Hospital?

Positive Thinking 19 – The six-point ENERGY sutra

Positive Thinking 18 – Bhakti alchemizes our inner world

Positive Thinking 17 – Unearth the treasure within

Positive Thinking 16 – Understanding willpower 3 – Sharpen and strengthen the intelligence

Positive Thinking 15 – Understanding willpower 2 – Potential and actual

If we are getting too many doubts, should we just switch off our intellectual faculty?

If we doubt Krishna’s existence, how can we have faith that he will remove our doubts in future?

Is it ok to be disturbed in our bhakti when some questions don’t get answered?

Positive Thinking 14 – Understanding willpower 1 – Beyond genes, upbringing and association

How did the soul enter during the birth of 100 Kauravas from Gandharis miscarriage?

How can women be encouraged to get a sense of success in their home responsibilities?

Do women-devotees always have to be homemakers?

Were women always housewives in Vedic culture?

Positive Thinking 13 – IDEA at work 2 – Facing reversal after reversal positively

Positive Thinking 12 – IDEA at work 1 – Facing untimely death positively

Positive Thinking 11 – A of Activity – Spiritual vision inspires positive action

Positive Thinking 10 – E of IDEA – Eternal love provides inexhaustible positivity

Positive Thinking 9 – D of IDEA – Divinity underlies the universes order

Positive Thinking 8 – I of IDEA – Understanding our identity boosts our positivity

Positive Thinking 7 Get the IDEA Identity, Divinity, Eternity, Activity

How important is truthfulness in bhakti?

Positive Thinking 6 – Don’t just see reality positively – see the positive reality

Positive Thinking 5 – Think positive – think spiritual

Positive Thinking 4 – Thoughts lead to things – and are things

Isn’t ISIS Islam? Why do we need to be politically correct and differentiate between the two?

Positive Thinking – 3 Science and positive thinking

Positive Thinking 2 – Understanding the four kinds of thoughts

Positive Thinking 1 – Countering external and internal negativity

Please explain varnashrama, its different types and its relevance in urban settings.

Spiritual sound vibration sometimes feels boring – how to avoid?

Whats wrong with verifying scientifically the material knowledge given in scripture?

How to understand the descriptions of material settings in scriptural pastimes?

Why do the scriptures while narrating pastimes describe the beauty of the female form?

Appreciating Prabhupada’s resourcefulness and sharing his legacy – Prabhupada Disappearance day class

Govardhan Dashakam Meditation – Ten appeals for residence at Govardhan

Meditating on the Damodarashtakam: The supreme controller is controlled – and still remains in control (Part 2 – Verses 5 to 8)

Meditating on the Damodarashtakam: The supreme controller is controlled – and still remains in control (Part 1 – Verses 1 to 4)

Damodarashtakam explained – The Controller is controlled and still remains in control

Damodara Lila – Scientific, Philosophical, Theological and Devotional Analysis

Approach scripture as history described for spiritual elevation, not material precision

Is detachment not included in 64 items of bhakti because it makes one hardhearted?